The Finances of Super Bowl Sunday, How Much Money Is Involved With The Super Bowl Each Year?

The finances of Super Bowl Sunday just might shock you the same way that they shocked me. I am writing this article to run through all of the money that is involved with the Super Bowl, how much money it makes from commercials, how much a ticket costs, or box seats, or how many people watch the Super Bowl (hint, it is more than the United States Presidential election!) I think some of the numbers have surprised me honestly, and so lets look at some of the finances of the super bowl! Also, as a side note on this blog post, I just want to say that we finally are throwing up monetization on the website thanks to our new ad platform approval, it feels good to be winning our own SEO super bowl on this blog now! Enjoy the article.

Topics we will cover regarding money and the Super Bowl in this article include:

How much each player gets paid

How much they make in ticket sales

The number of viewers

top player salaries

Why Tom Brady Retired

Stadium Costs

And everything else related that I can think of, read on or subscribe to our blog for additional details and information!

The Finances of Super Bowl Sunday, How Much Do The Players Make?

In the playoffs, player salaries are stopped with regards to their normal contract, and they get paid by the game. They get $250,000 for playing each game, and another $250,000 for each game that they win (something in that range.) I believe each player also gets $500,000 for playing in the super bowl and another $500,000 for winning the game. The Super Bowl win bonuses in their contract also start to vest, and they can generate even more money than this, in the tune to 6 or 7 figure bonuses depending on how much their contract value was. For instance, for winning the 2020 Super Bowl, Tom Brady received $4,000,000.00. $1,750,000 for making it to the Super Bowl, and a $2,250,000 win bonus. Not bad for 4 hours of work. If you win the super bowl, you literally got paid $1,000,000.00 an hour for playing in that game!

How Much Do Super Bowl Tickets Cost?

On the low end, nosebleed seats are going to put you at something like $5,000 to $6,000 out of pocket depending on how early you purchase them. Box seats go for as much as $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 depending on what kind of perks you also get with your package (for instance, Antonio Brown just spent $2,000,000.00 on Box Seats at the super bowl). Any other seat, progressively goes up in price. Non nosebleed seats run you $10,000 to $15,000, you can get some discounts in advance for this, but things like VIP parking, food and concessions is going to cost another several hundred, parking is $500 just for basic parking. Long story short, expect to spend money like the US is all of a sudden in hyper inflation or like you went to a more expensive Disney world.

How Much Revenue Does the Stadium Take In?

$15,000,000,000.00 in sales is generated in extra revenue from the surrounding stores of the stadium and around the US. On top of this, ticket sales reach in the hundreds of millions of dollars, ticket sales, air fare, cars, hotel sales, and every single other thing that it brings in economic value, also adds up from this game.

At first glance it may seem like a municipality building a stadium is a profitable decision, but it actually does not pay off for some time. The revenues generated by the stadium, including games, concessions and parking fees, do not make up the cost that they spend on these stadiums.

How Much TV Revenue Do They Make, And Do 100,000,000 People Watch the Super Bowl Each Year?

I would guess that the television ads from the Super Bowl generate something like $100,000,000.00 US dollars during the game, and this might be something of a conservative estimate. I have heard numbers in the range of $1,000,000,000.00 to $1.5B, which is crazy in such a short period of time. And yes, more than 100,000,000 Americans watch the super bowl, actually closer to like 150,000,000. This is more people than watch the US Presidential Election. If you don’t believe me, look it up it’s true!

Final Thoughts On The Finances of Super Bowl Sunday, Some Awesome Numbers

And that’s the gist of the finances of the Super Bowl! I hope that you enjoyed this snippet on some of the salaries and revenue numbers involved, and I thought that since I am posting this article on Super Bowl Sunday that it was in good taste. Be sure to read on or subscribe to our blog for additional details and information.

Cheers!

*Inflation Hedging.com

Sources:

https://www.bankrate.com/banking/cds/cd-rates/

https://money.cnn.com/data/markets/

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